Horatio's Garden

I was today pleased to attend the opening of Horatio's garden at Salisbury District Hospital.
The garden was designed by Chelsea flower show winner Cleve West as a memorial to Horatio Chapple, the young man so tragically killed in Svalbard, Norway, in 2011.
Horatio was an enthusiastic volunteer at the Spinal Injuries unit where his father Mr David Chapple is a highly renowned spinal surgeon.
The memorial garden has given a whole new lease of life to a previously grim yard at the spinal injuries unit and is a complete triumph of beautiful, yet practical design especially with the needs of wheel chair and bed bound patients in mind. I was honoured to have been commissioned to create the memorial stone to Horatio set in the garden pathway.

Please see the Southern Spinal Injuries Trust (SSIT) website/blog below for more details.

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